Tosca Olinsky, American painter, 1909-1984

Description: Tosca Barteau Olinsky, the daughter of painter Ivan Olinsky, was
born in Florence, Italy. She was both an active painter and teacher at
the school at the Old Lyme Artists Colony. Olinsky painted using
principals of modern art such as Cubism and Precisionism, with
restrained, decorative subject matter, often choosing to paint still
lifes.

Collection: Peter A. Juley & Son Collection - The Peter A. Juley & Son Collection is comprised of 127,000 black-and-white photographic negatives
documenting the works of more than 11,000 American artists. Throughout
its long history, from 1896 to 1975, the Juley firm served as the
largest and most respected fine arts photography firm in New York. The
Juley Collection, acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in
1975, constitutes a unique visual record of American art sometimes
providing the only photographic documentation of altered, damaged, or
lost works. Included in the collection are over 4,700 photographic
portraits of artists.